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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,861 new coronavirus infections in the country.<\/p>\n

The health agency disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The centre also confirmed the nation recorded 22 deaths, bringing the current fatality toll to 1,544.<\/p>\n

NCDC disclosed that Lagos recorded the highest toll with 773 cases, followed by FCT, 285.<\/p>\n

NCDC tweeted, 1,861 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Lagos-773<\/p>\n

FCT-285<\/p>\n

Oyo-138<\/p>\n

Rivers-111<\/p>\n

Plateau-92<\/p>\n

Nasarawa-83<\/p>\n

Kaduna-59<\/p>\n

Enugu-57<\/p>\n

Imo-57<\/p>\n

Edo-43<\/p>\n

Kano-27<\/p>\n

Kwara-20<\/p>\n

Ebonyi-19<\/p>\n

Abia-17<\/p>\n

Ogun-12<\/p>\n

Osun-12<\/p>\n

Katsina-8<\/p>\n

Bayelsa-6<\/p>\n

Bauchi-5<\/p>\n

Delta-5<\/p>\n

Borno-4<\/p>\n

Jigawa-4<\/p>\n

Zamfara-1<\/p>\n

\u201c126,160- confirmed cases<\/p>\n

100,365- Discharged<\/p>\n

1,544- Deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,861 new coronavirus infections in the country. The health agency disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Wednesday night. The centre also confirmed the nation recorded 22 deaths, bringing the current fatality toll to 1,544. 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